Virtually all modern forms of extremism accuse liberal Western democratic systems of being hypocritical and, ultimately, weak.
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Extremist perspectives win sympathy and recruits because they offer narratives that claim to identify deep injustices and enemies.
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The notion of 'we' is very important. I think, for any family, any community to be able to say 'we' in this family, it means something. It's dangerous to society when somebody will place himself or herself on the outside of 'we.'
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I think integration in Norway is, by all standards, going relatively well. People are working, taking education, learning the language. But, yes, it is a challenge. And democracy and democratic debate has to be open to take that debate openly and not push questions aside.
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Confronting and undermining the narratives and ideas of extremism must therefore be one of our key tasks. To do this, we must retain the courage of our convictions in the face of extremism.
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This paradigm of the war on terror, connecting all kinds of armed resistance around the globe in one huge ideological framework, as a new ideology at a stage in history when most of the major ideologies are gone, does not reflect the facts on the ground.
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As a foreign minister, I have to respect the authority to look after the best interest of the child is, as always, in my country like in India, with the parents and the family. But in extreme cases, the situation is open for the child protection authority to intervene.
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Extremist perspectives win sympathy and recruits because they offer narratives that claim to identify deep injustices and enemies.
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In general, it should be in our interest to get organizations out of military activity and into politics.
